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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

EV crash victims could be left to die in battery fires

Emergency workers have raised concerns about lithium battery fires. (HANDOUT/NSW FIRE AND RESCUE)

Challenges involved in saving passengers from electric car crashes could see victims dragged from vehicles by firefighters or, in the most extreme cases, left to die, an inquiry has been told.

The NSW government's Electric and Hybrid Vehicle Batteries Inquiry heard testimony from fire and rescue services, paramedics, the Motor Traders' Association, and TAFE on Tuesday in its second public hearing.

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